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Amna Jalil

Molecular Microbiologist Amna is PhD Candidate at the Biosciences School (ASAB), National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) Pakistan. She is HEC Indigenous Scholar and a part of AntiBacter group that works under the supervision of Dr. Fazal Adnan (Assistant Professor, NUST). Her focus of study is microbiology and currently, she is working on HEC funded project that mainly focuses on the investigation of the zoonotic potential of the colibacillosis causing Avian Pathogenic E. coli (APEC) and its comparison with the human (UPEC) and mammary pathogenic E. coli (MPEC). Alongside, she is also involved in other projects focusing on the different novel antibacterial strategies like phage therapy, quorum quenching and CRISPR/CAS mediated whole genome excision of APEC.